struthiform

[prettygoodword]

struthiform - adj., shaped like an ostrich.


Those who know Greek will now scratch their heads -- "But struthis doesn't mean ostrich!" It turns out the scientific name for ostrich is Struthio camelus, meaning "sparrow camel." Which I can sorta see -- even if it does mean the root for a wee bird now means a big bird. Chosen for the day because I am assured that it's more interesting than gliriform, rodent-shaped.

---L.

Comments

[lonita.livejournal.com]

And there are so many things out there shaped like an ostrich, that someone felt we needed a whole word to encompass them. :>

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Emus, moas, struthiosaurs ...

---L.

[lonita.livejournal.com]

Okay okay! :>

I saw a stuffed moa once... very odd looking critter.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

As opposed to the ostriches of normalcy.

---L.